Aston Villa place their three match winning streak on the line. Villa engage 3rd-place Huddersfield Town at John Smith’s Stadium.
The claret and blue play their fourth match in eleven days – this time against stiff competition. A win against David Wagner’s men and Villa could make things interesting at the top of the table. The club is currently sixteen points off of a top-six spot.
Huddersfield Town, on the other hand, remain six points off the top two and an automatic promotion to the Premier League.
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Villa manager Steve Bruce is missing a lot of names from which to choose from. Leandro Bacuna continues his six match suspension while a host of names limped off injured in recent games.
Birkir Bjarnason is facing weeks on the sideline with a knee strain. His replacement, Jack Grealish, suffered a bad cut and will face approximately two weeks on the treatment table.
Villa’s other left-sided attacker, André Green, is still out another month with a left hamstring strain. That is all three left-sided attackers out injured at the same time.
Rushian Hepburn-Murphy, Gabby Agbonlahor, and Scott Hogan are all still out, though the latter is close to making a return. Additionally, Gary Gardner is not too far off as well.
PROJECTED ASTON VILLA XI (4-3-3): Johnstone; Hutton, Chester (c), Baker, Taylor; Jedinak, Lansbury, Hourihane; Adomah, Kodjia, Amavi.
Substitutes: Bunn, Elphick, Richards, Bree, Hale, Sellars, Davis.
Holy hell. Three U-23 players must be called upon following this injury crisis. Both Rory Hale and Jerell Sellars could make their first team debuts somewhere in the upcoming weeks.
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After three consecutive clean sheets the back line remains the same. Aston Villa have not lost a single match all season when James Chester, Nathan Baker, and Mile Jedinak all feature.
Kickoff is 2:45PM Eastern Time.